Origin and History

The regiment was raised on January 11 1752 by the regimentation of 20 companies (15 companies of pandurs, 5 companies of grenadiers), each of the 20 administrative districts of Novaia Serbia (a recent settlement of Serbian immigrants on the right bank of the Dnieper in Southern Ukraine) providing a company. This unit did not belong to the regular army.

As per the work of the German Grosser Generalstab, the regiment counted 4,000 men (200 men per company).

During the Seven Years' War, the regiment was commanded by:

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Service during the War

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Uniform

The uniform of the pandurs of Novaia Serbia was not formally regulated. Our tentative reconstruction is based on Viscovatov. In his work, all regiments of pandurs are given the same uniform.